GOP Rep. George Santos should resign from Congress, New York state voters say in new poll

Scandal-plagued Republican Rep. George Santos should resign from Congress, voters from his ain authorities of New York said overwhelmingly successful a new canvass released Monday.

Some 59% of registered Empire State voters accidental Santos, who admitted helium lied and is facing aggregate investigations, should resign, according to the latest survey by the Siena College Research Institute. Among Republicans, astir fractional agreed that helium should go.

Just 17% of respondents told Siena they judge Santos should enactment successful office. The canvass of 821 New York authorities registered voters, conducted betwixt Jan. 15 and past Thursday, has a borderline of mistake of 4.3 percent points.

Santos' favorability standing fared nary better, the canvass showed: By much than a three-to-one margin, 16% to 56%, voters successful New York clasp an unfavorable sentiment of the freshman lawmaker. That minus-40 nett favorability standing includes 56% of Republican respondents, on with majorities of Democrats and independents, Siena found.

Twenty-eight percent of respondents said they didn't cognize Santos oregon had nary sentiment connected him — a smaller proportionality than six-term Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who precocious became the Democratic person successful the House.

Santos has vowed to service retired his afloat two-year term successful the House, brushing disconnected scorching condemnation from his ain chap Republicans successful Long Island, wherever his legislature territory is located.

He has faced constant, intensifying scrutiny aft a bombshell New York Times study past period questioned large details of the recently elected congressman's biography, including his acquisition and nonrecreational history.

Santos has admitted to "embellishing" parts of his resume and apologized, though helium has not responded to each of the questions surrounding his claims astir himself.

He has besides denied immoderate of the astir damning allegations against him, including that helium took disconnected with thousands of dollars that were raised to assistance fund an cognition for a disabled veteran's dying dog.

Santos has besides not explained questions astir the root of his evident wealth, immoderate of which was utilized to money his palmy legislature campaign.

Investigators astatine the federal, state, section and planetary level are looking into Santos.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and different apical Republicans person declined to articulation calls for Santos to resign. McCarthy leads a slim GOP House majority, which has already proven hard to unify aft the ballot to elite him talker took 15 tries.

If Santos were to permission office, it would apt trigger a competitory peculiar predetermination successful New York for his seat.